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Question: Before your child began primary/elementary school, how often did you or someone else in your home do the following activities with him or her? - Play with number toys (e.g., blocks with numbers)
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Never or almost never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
53 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Malta65.1%
2 Russian Federation64.0%
3 Slovakia58.1%
4 Kazakhstan55.4%
5 North Macedonia55.1%
6 Canada55.0%
7 Montenegro54.4%
7 New Zealand54.4%
7 Serbia54.4%
10 Poland54.1%
11 United Arab Emirates53.9%
12 Ireland53.8%
13 Georgia53.7%
14 Croatia53.5%
15 Czech Republic52.1%
16 Albania51.5%
17 Italy51.0%
18 Armenia50.7%
19 Kosovo49.1%
20 Bahrain48.6%
20 Latvia48.6%
22 Republic of Korea46.7%
23 Cyprus45.1%
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina44.9%
25 Qatar44.8%
25 Saudi Arabia44.8%
27 Lithuania44.4%
28 Kuwait44.1%
29 Hungary43.3%
30 Spain42.1%
31 Portugal41.8%
32 Bulgaria41.5%
33 Singapore40.3%
34 Oman40.2%
35 Chile39.7%
36 Azerbaijan38.9%
37 Philippines35.7%
38 Austria35.3%
38 South Africa35.3%
40 Taiwan35.0%
41 France34.9%
42 Turkiye34.5%
43 Germany33.1%
44 Belgium29.2%
45 Hong Kong, China28.0%
46 Iran26.8%
47 Denmark26.4%
48 Japan 23.2%
49 Morocco22.7%
50 Pakistan21.9%
51 Norway19.9%
52 Sweden17.5%
53 Finland16.2%

Note
The result of the survey on the parents of Grade 4 students. Belgium: The Flemish Community only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 185 countries.

Source
TIMSS 2019 > International Database > TIMSS 2019 Data Almanacs - Grade 4

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data51
Regression equation
Y = -0.365623 X +6.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.061
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data53
Regression equation
Y = -44172.418098 X +49445.444
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.213
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.045

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -7.115573 X +80.274
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data52
Regression equation
Y = -0.615443 X +1.951
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.144
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data50
Regression equation
Y = 0.693289 X +8.953
Correlation coefficient (r)0.016
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000